C-Sweet Chicago Chapter Networking Event
Executive Inclusion: From Intention to Impact
Thursday, October 22nd
04:30 – 06:30 PM CT
Nuveen Chicago
333 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606
Executive inclusion involves intentionally building diverse leadership teams and fostering an inclusive culture to drive innovation, better decision-making, and financial performance. It requires leaders to move beyond compliance to active, VISIBLE commitment, such as adjusting recruitment strategies, mitigating unconscious bias, and modeling inclusive behaviors.
Key Aspects of Executive Inclusion
-
Strategic Advantage: Diverse leadership teams improve innovation and financial performance, with studies showing companies with diverse executives often outperform competitors.
-
Actionable Behaviors: Leaders should adopt inclusive practices like rotating meeting times, structuring communications, and using "getting to know me" manuals to understand team preferences.
-
Intentional Recruitment: Overcoming bias in hiring is essential, requiring tailored recruitment strategies and diverse candidate networks to build representative senior teams.
-
Accountability: Executives must hold themselves and others accountable for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals, treating them as core business objectives.
-
Key Principles: Effective, inclusive leaders display character, connection, cognition, capability, compassion, courage, and commitment.
Complimentary for members. Non‑member tickets – $49.
Meet the Panelist
Tara Giuliano
Chief Marketing Officer at Nuveen, a TIAA company
Tara Giuliano is the Chief Marketing Officer of Nuveen and a member of the Executive Management Team. She plays a central role in delivering the firm's collective investment capabilities to clients around the world. Tara leads a global marketing and communication organization responsible for developing and executing Nuveen's go-to-market strategy - focused on acquiring, retaining, and expanding client relationships while addressing complex investor needs. Her team is recognized for producing compelling investment stories that differentiate Nuveen in a competitive marketplace. Tara spearheaded Nuveen's 2025 enterprise brand refresh, anchored by the new tagline "invest like the future is watching." The campaign elevated Nuveen's brand by sharpening its purpose-driven narrative and reinforcing the firm's commitment to reliability, access and foresight.
Before joining Nuveen in 2018, Tara held senior roles at UBS Asset Management as institutional global head of marketing and head of marketing for the Americas. She also served as director of asset management marketing at Morningstar and held marketing leadership roles at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and Nationwide. In addition to her marketing leadership, Tara is a mental-health champion, advocating for greater awareness of how financial stability and long-term wellbeing intersect with mental health. She has spoken publicly about the impact of personal family loss, using her experience to help reduce stigma and encourage employees and clients to seek support when facing financial or emotional strain
More Panelists to Be Announced
Meet the Moderator
Veronica Ramirez, MBA
AVP Global Investment Operations at Nuveen, a TIAA company
Veronica Ramirez, MBA is Assistant Vice President of Global Investment Operations at Nuveen, where she brings more than 17 years of experience in investment operations and financial services.
Throughout her career, Veronica has focused on operational excellence across investment accounting, reconciliation, and client service. Her experience includes leading teams responsible for supporting accuracy and efficiency across diverse investment strategies, as well as contributing to significant account launches, system conversions, and outsourcing initiatives.
Thank you to our Sponsors
***Check your calendars and join us! All event fees are non-refundable.***
New to C-Sweet?
Are you a female executive at the Board, C-Suite, Director, or Vice President level in a Fortune 1000, middle market, or fast-growth company? C-Sweet is perfect for you.
C-Sweet is a dynamic global community of female executives dedicated to working with each other, as well as uplifting and empowering women in the workplace. Our mission is to create an environment fostering innovation, collaboration, and professional development for women in leadership positions.
Join us today and be part of a powerful movement redefining what it means to be a woman in business.
✨C-Sweet Members get free and discounted attendance for many C-Sweet events! ✨
Not a member yet? No problem! Click here to become a member TODAY.
Want to stay connected?
Join our LinkedIn Community and follow our podcast on Instagram.
